Consequences is a famous party game in the UK and other countries. It involves adding a line to a story where you do not know the previous lines. This variation is good for English language classes. The students work in one large group or several smaller ones, as is practical in your class.
Aim
To develop students' interest in writing and their sentence-writing skills. To develop handwriting skills.
You need
A piece of blank A4 paper for each student.
Procedure
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Make sure each student has a large (e.g. A4) size sheet of paper. |
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Tell everyone to write the name of someone in the class at the top of the paper. They then pass the paper to the person on their left, without folding it over. |
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Now everyone writes 'is going to the cinema with' and the name of another person in the class. (Or 'met x', 'wants to learn' and the name of a sport etc.) The paper is passed to the left again. |
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If anyone has difficulty reading what the previous student has written, encourage them to take it back to the student to ask for clarification, rather than to ask you. This is good practice at reading handwriting and at recognising how difficult it is for you, the teacher, sometimes to understand what they have written! |
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Carry on like this with a mixture of straight dictation with the students choosing a person, place or other detail that you think is relevant to them or their ability. |
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When the piece of paper gets back to the beginning or when you feel the story has come to a natural conclusion, ask the students to read out any they think are particularly interesting/funny/ridiculous. Make sure everyone gets a chance to read the story they initiated. The students may also like to have the stories pinned up on a board/wall. |
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Consequences - reading